St. Petersburg will be the site of the tallest and one of the most ecofriendly buildings in Europe. The Okhta Tower, coming in at almost 400m, is commissioned by Gazprom (Think Russia’s ExxonMobil) and promises to be “one of the most environmentally sustainable high rise buildings in the world,” according to to the architect, RMJM.
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I don’t know why I found this product so assuming but it’s clever in it’s simplicity. As evidenced by the photo, there are two flush levels on this thing. The lower volume flush, shown as one green water drop, is meant for “light” flushes while the higher volume flush, shown with three water drops, is meant for “heavy” flushes.
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You’re looking at a concept drawing from Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture of possibly the worlds first mixed-use positive energy building. It is to be the first building built in the zero-waste, zero-carbon-emissions, and fully-renewable-energy-powered city of Masdar in the United Arab Emirates.
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Hard to believe, but this thing is real. This is the World Trade Center in Bahrain, where they’ve just turned on the three 95ft-diameter wind turbines. They’ll only be responsible for providing 15% of the power required to keep the lights on in this giant building, but that’s sure to account for a fortune (and a few [mega?]tons of CO2) in savings.
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Tonight the Washington Nationals face off against the Atlanta Braves in the first green U.S. ballpark. Completed just in time for opening day, the ballpark will surely become one of the most traveled LEED structures in the world. The ballpark’s Silver LEED - Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design - rating is due to the park’s:
This is an exciting time for mainstream LEED architecture. A new Mets stadium, also set to be LEED certified, will open for the 2009 season.
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Scientists at Swansea University in the UK have come up with a new way of capturing solar energy by applying photovoltaic “paint” to steel surfaces. Now, we’ve seen print-on solar, so let’s take it a step further and scale out a bit.
This paint-on solution is not quite as efficient (offering about 5% efficiency for the sun’s input energy), but it is certainly a bit easier to implement. Another “limitation” if you will, is the need for a steel surface, which is not a very common building material for single homes, but is used extensively in commercial buildings. Think giant warehouses, that are usually very expensive (monetarily and environmentally) to keep lit, climate controlled…etc.
“Corus Colours produces around 100 million square metres of steel building cladding a year. If this was treated with the photovoltaic material, and assuming a conservative 5% energy conversion rate, then we could be looking at generating 4,500 gigawatts of electricity through the solar cells annually. That’s the equivalent output of roughly 50 wind farms.” (Dr. Woolsey, the man in charge)
No word yet on cost of production, or what the actual manufacturing method (other than paint applied to rollers applied to steel) for this product will be, but it should be quite interesting in the future. What about charging up your Prius while it sits in the parking lot? Sports stadiums, cargo ships…lots of possibilities here.
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Bryant Park, home of the the famous Bryant Park Project on NPR, will see a new green edition this year. Bank of America has been busy building the world’s greenest skyscraper. The project, lead by Cook+Fox Architects, is the first skyscraper to get the coveted LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) designation.
The project uses many new innovations to achieve it’s energy frugalness - from using greywater in the bathrooms, to using recycled materials, to a state of the art heating/cooling system.. For more information:
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